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[Taktu preparing seal with an ulu, Kinngait, Nunavut]

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Date:

1960

Reference:

R12438-4048-4-E, Volume number: 9

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5081282

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Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds

Arctic travel series

[Taktu preparing seal with an ulu, Kinngait, Nunavut]
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1960

Place:

Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Nunavut:

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w negative.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph depicting Taktu cleaning a seal skin on rocks by the shore. She is removing the fat from the skin with an ulu. Behind her, two husky dogs are lying on the rocks. Taktu is Inuk. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), an Inuit community. An ulu (also spelled uluk; plural: uluit) is a round, all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit women.
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Depicted: Taktu

Photographer: Gilliat Eaton, Rosemary, 1919-2004
Finding aid no.:

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FA-457

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The names are based on information provided by Project Naming. The goal of this project is to identify and record the names of people, places, activities and events in photographs held at Library and Archives Canada.

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Cutting up seal at Cape Dorset.

Series added entry:

Cape Dorset
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Inuit - Nunavut

Inuits Nunavut
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Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R12438]

[Consultation 90 Open]

9 File number 11

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds / Library and Archives Canada / e010869000 ; Copyright: Copyright has been assigned to Library and Archives Canada by the copyright holder, the Estate of Rosemary Gilliat Eaton ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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